Grand Jury Clears Akron Police Officers in Jayland Walker Shooting
TL;DR
A grand jury in Ohio has declined to indict the Akron police officers who shot and killed Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, after a car chase and foot chase last year. The grand jury concluded the officers were legally justified in their use of force against Walker. The incident took place just after midnight on June 27, 2022, when police initiated a traffic stop of a 2005 Buick vehicle with a broken license plate light, according to authorities. Walker was unarmed at the time he was killed, according to police.
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